2015-04-15T08:46:10Z[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KLINE:H.R. 1768.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States[Page H2210]]]>House2015-04-14T14:02:05ZReferred tohsed00StandingHouseEducation and the Workforce CommitteeHRAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesLabor-management relationsNational Labor Relations Board (NLRB)Labor and Employment1.0.02015-04-143House floor actions2IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.hsed00Education and the Workforce Committee2015-04-14H11100Library of Congress9IntroReferralIntroduced in House2015-04-14Intro-HLibrary of Congress9IntroReferralIntroduced in House2015-04-141000111Labor and EmploymentRelated billCRS2015-04-14Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.114933Workforce Democracy and Fairness ActS17681142015-04-14Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election petition regarding collective bargaining representation when the NLRB has reasonable cause to believe that the petition raises a question of representation affecting commerce. Requires such hearings to be non-adversarial, and the hearing officer, in collaboration with the parties, to identify any relevant and material pre-election issues.

Requires the NLRB, in cases where it finds that a question of representation exists, to: (1) direct an election by secret ballot as soon as practicable but not before 35 calendar days after the filing of the election petition; and (2) certify election results only after it has ruled on each pre-election issue not resolved before the election and any additional issue pertaining to the conduct or results of that election.

]]>Introduced in House2015-04-14T04:00:00Z002015-04-20T21:23:43ZIntroduced in House2018-08-13T19:58:07ZR000582Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]R2015-04-14TNR00058219548148P.Roe1TrueDavidP000591Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]R2015-04-14GAP00059179031778Price6TrueTomS001172Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]R2015-04-30NES00117280401860Smith3FalseAdrianC000059Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]R2015-06-09CA1657849C000059CALVERT42FalseKENM001144Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]R2015-06-11FLM00114416857873Miller1FalseJeffC001048Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]R2015-06-12TX16708163C001048ABNEYCULBERSON7FalseJOHNK000362Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]R2015-06-25IA17247918K000362King4FalseSteveS000583Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]R2015-06-25TXS00058310758177SMITH21FalseLAMARB001250Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]R2015-07-07UTB00125081891753Bishop1FalseRob2015-04-14Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.JohnMNK0003632K00036380021733RKlineRep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]Workforce Democracy and Fairness ActWorkforce Democracy and Fairness ActShort Titles as IntroducedTo amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to the timing of elections and pre-election hearings and the identification of pre-election issues.Official Title as IntroducedWorkforce Democracy and Fairness ActDisplay Titletext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.Congressional Research Service, Library of CongressThis file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.